Animal Crossing, known as Dōbutsu no Mori (どうぶつの森?, lit. "Animal Forest") in Japan, is a life simulation video game developed by Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo. It was first released in Japan for the Nintendo 64 on April 14, 1999. The game was not released for the N64 outside Japan. It was ported to the Nintendo GameCube in Japan on December 14, 2001; North America on September 15, 2002; Australia on October 17, 2003; and Europe on September 24, 2002. The Japanese GameCube version lacks e-Reader support, a feature found in the North American and Australian versions. A version of Animal Crossing was released in Japan with e-Reader support on June 27, 2003. A sequel, Animal Crossing: Wild World, was released on the Nintendo DS. Another sequel Animal Crossing: City Folk, was released on the Nintendo Wii. The first planned sequel, Animal Crossing 2, was to be released on the Nintendo Gamecube but was cancelled.